Has April ushered in many showers for you in your part of the world? I experienced a number of gray April days in succession that left me feeling a bit grumpy...desperate for sunshine and Daffodils. The leader of our once a month worship art group designed this worship art project that helped me adjust my attitude. The creative process of working on the project as well as the subject of it helped cheer me.
One Friday since I last posted my youngest daughter and I made an eleven-hour drive south from Portland, Oregon, to Sonoma, California to pick up some old family albums that my youngest daughter committed to digitizing and storing.
On the eleven hour drive back on Sunday, we were able to see Mt. Shasta in northern California and stop long enough to take a few photos, not only of the majestic mountain but of a miss-guided seagull who checked us out.
My niece and my older sister who live in the Los Angeles, California, area recently texted me these stunning photos of the fields of flowers they were able to admire in a park near where they live.
Aren't they amazing?
I am enjoying making more progress on the knit baby blanket that I plan to donate to a local NICU and I have knit and crocheted some small dishcloths. Years ago a friend with small hands asked me to make a dishcloth half the size of the traditional Grandma's Dishcloth pattern. My daughters and I found we enjoy using the smaller version as well, even though our hands are not small, so we have made many of the smaller version.
Looking for an old tea cart with a friend a few weeks ago I enjoyed exploring a nearby antique store, and was interested to recognize a number of "antiques" that are familiar objects of my childhood memories!
My all-time favorite practical potholder pattern to make and use is the Double-thick Diagonally Crocheted Potholder pattern that is free via Ravelry. I made two potholders recently and am tempted to make many more just for the joy of making them.
Since I last posted I met Becky and her husband, and Betsy and her husband for dinner at a nearby restaurant. We met through our blogs years ago, and it is a special treat when we can actually meet face to face since we live many miles apart.
One of the fun parts of moving to the condo is discovering what bulbs former owners have planted. There are quite a few clumps of white Calla Lillies but amidst two clumps of them are this flower. Do you recognize what it is?
These two sunny yellow tulips have been cheering me this week and I hope seeing them will cheer you as well as you craft your days wherever you may be!
Gracie xxxxxxx
